Brussels, 05/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - The rules establishing LIFE, the EU's financial instrument for the environment and climate, which has a budget of €3.1 billion for the period 2014-2020, has been formally adopted in first reading. The Council of the EU proceeded to its formal adoption on Thursday 5 December on the sidelines of the Transport/Telecommunications Council meeting, without debate. It was in fact no more than a formality, with the European Parliament having earlier endorsed...